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So you've heard this song repeatedly, and you're utterly certain it's from Group A. You look all over Group A's discography trying to find it, but simply can't. And with good reason: the song was actually performed by someone else.

Often shows up due to mis-tagged files on file-sharing services, a small-scale research mistake blossomed into widespread misinformation. Also, after some artists gain a measure of mainstream success in a niche genre or Signature Style, all songs done in the style of that apparent artist or genre are often misattributed to them. Or it might just be an honest mistake, where the two lead singers sound like each other. Another common version of this trope is the case of songs being credited to a band which are actually solo or side-project recordings by one or more of the band's members (although the band at large might incorporate such songs into their concert performances if the solo artist is still with them), or where a member works with another band. Still, it guarantees an uphill battle against Fan Dumb for both bands.

None of the many Lutheran chorale melodies attributed to J.S. Bach were actually written by him; he merely wrote harmony and counterpoint. However, Alban Berg's use of the chorale Es ist genug at the end of his Violin Concerto does count as a Bach quotation since it uses Bach's harmonization of the chorale in the last movement of the cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (BWV 60).

The famous Minuet in G Major and its minor counterpart (BWV Anh.114 and 115) are NOT by Bach. It is, in fact, by Christian Petzold, an obscure contemporary of Bach. The famous aria Bist Du bei mir (BWV 508) is not by Bach, but by his contemporary Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel. These three works were listed in the BWV because they were found in the booklet of notes assembled by Bach and his second wife Anna Magdalena for her private use. These are not the only works misattributed to Bach by musicologists who were unfamiliar with the works of his contemporaries, but too eager to attribute everything written in his or Anna Magdalena's hand to him. For instance, it eventually emerged that the cantata Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt (BWV 160) is completely by Georg Philipp Telemann, as is the opening chorale to Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen (BWV 145). Denn du wirst meine Seele (BWV 15), now more convincingly attributed to Johann Ludwig Bach, was not only once supposed to be J.S. Bach's first cantata, but was even used to argue for his authorship of the St. Luke Passion (BWV 246), a work that Bach demonstrably copied out and probably did perform but may not have written more than a minor part of.

Cledus T. gets this as well; some songs attributed to him are actually Rodney Carrington or Tim Wilson.

Bob Rivers is also on the receiving end of this, as is Ray Stevens (particularly with country-esque comedy songs). Interestingly, so is Dr. Demento, who primarily is a radio host for comedy music. While he does have a few actual songs of his own, it is only a very few.

"Barney's On Fire" is almost always credited to Weird Al, though it was actually made by Tony Mason.

"Cats in the Kettle" is also very commonly credited to Weird Al, despite the lead singer sounding nothing like Al. It's actually by Bob Rivers.

"Livin' La Vida Yoda" is also not by Weird Al. It's by Todd Downing. Weird Al did write a song about Yoda, but it was a parody of "Lola" by The Kinks and simply titled "Yoda", which also should not be confused with "Y.O.D.A.", a parody of The Village People's "YMCA" by Steven Cavanagh.

And "Weenie in a Bottle" isn't by Al either (this one should be obvious, as it's very un-family-friendly, unlike Al's work, though it still gets falsely attributed to him a lot). It's by Hawaiian Ryan.

On the topic of Dr. Demento, in the early years of P 2 P networks, a lot of novelty songs that are uploaded are for some reason credited to him, just because they've received airplay on his show. Notably, Monster Mash is often credited to the doctor even when it's by Bobby Pickett. Likewise, Boot to the Head is by The Frantics. Thankfully, this is starting to die out with the advent of song identification software like Shazam and Midomi/Soundhound.

The Arrogant Worms ≠ Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. Both are Canadian musical comedy acts, but since the former is better known, the latter's songs (like The War of 1812 and Toronto Sucks) are often misattributed to them.

not every Funk/Disco song is by Kool And The Gang. Or KC and the Sunshine Band, for that matter.

On file sharing services, just about any Europop-sounding song with female harmony vocals will be attributed to ABBA. Many of the songs mislabelled in this fashion are actually by the British group Brotherhood of Man (which is also a half-male-half-female quartet).

Somewhat justified, or at least understandable, since BOM's most popular incarnation were often criticised for their similarity to ABBA - compare Angelo to Fernando, for example.

Another song wrongly attributed to ABBA is "Always Have, Always Will"- by Ace of Base, who are also a half-male-half-female quartet from Sweden, and this song sounded a lot more like Abba than most of their other famous songs.

Bands other than Hayseed Dixie have covered rock music in a bluegrass style. The effect is so strong, even non-parody/non-cover bluegrass is sometimes attributed to them.

Just because the song is sung a cappella does not mean that Rockapella performed it. Or the Brown Derbies either. Fortunately, this seems to have been an artifact of the Napster era, and most a cappella groups are able to keep their own names on their own stuff, now.

The soundtrack from The Rutles movies are not bootleg "lost" Beatles albums, though they are often labeled as such. The Lennon/McCartney songwriting credits come from the Rutles songs being overly close to the real thing... but they're still not the real thing.

Spirit Of The West, for example, did a really good song called "Home for a Rest"... attributed to Great Big Sea.

There's a song that's often called "Drink and Fight" which tends to provoke arguments in the comments about just who made it anyway every time it's posted on YouTube with a different name and attribution. (For the record, it's "Irish Drinking Song" by ska punk band Buck-O-Nine.)

Most notorious example of this is the song "Bad Boys" (of Cops fame), performed by Inner Circle. He died long before said song came out. However the song does mention Sheriff John Brown from Marley's song "I Shot The Sheriff" so at least the confusion is slightly justified. Another Inner Circle song that often gets mislabeled as Marley is "Sweat (A Lalala Long)".

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is not by Bob Marley, either, but by the similarly-named Bobby McFerrin. This is especially egregious as Marley was dead when "Don't Worry" was recorded.

Neither is the Hawaiian medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World." It's by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (though you are forgiven if you can't remember his name), who, like Marley, died very young. The song was released nearly a decade after Marley's death.

not every trance song with "Cascada Remix" on the end was done by the group themselves. Most of them had at least one of the DJ-producers from Cascada remix them, but they are not sung by the singer, Natalie Horler. For example, "Piece of Heaven" by Akira.

That vocal remix of a Touhou theme? Could be IOSYS, yes. Could also be Cool&Create, Innocent Key, Silver Forest, or any number of other Touhou doujin-music circles.

not every vaguely nu-metalish song with a hint of rapping and/or electronica belongs to Linkin Park.

Yes, David Allan Coe has two albums entitled Nothing Sacred and Underground Album that feature songs with wonderful titles like "Cum Stains on the Pillow", "Fuck Anita Briant", "Nigger Fucker", and "Fuckin' in the Butt". The racist songs "Nigger, Nigger," "In Coon Town," "Who Likes a Nigger?," "Nigger Hatin' Me," "Still Looking for a Handout," "Some Niggers Never Die (They Just Smell That Way)," "Stay Away from Dixie," and "Move Them Niggers North" are all by an artist named Johnny Rebel. Despite what you may think, these two classy guys have nothing to do with each other.

Some of Rebel's songs are mistakenly attributed to famed country singer Johnny Horton or Johnny Cash due to similarities in the voices and both artists being in the same genre.

There's something of a Poe's Law issue here. Coe has repeatedly written off his more racist songs as being tongue-in-cheek parodies. By all accounts Rebel's nastiest work is for real.

There's also Travis Mayer's "The Devil Went To Jamaica" which is misattributed to both David Allen Coe and of course "Weird Al" Yankovic.

In a very understandable example, many remixes by The Orb are falsely attributed to Orbital. Not only do both bands have similar names and play similar styles of music, but early on in The Orb's career, they remixed songs and referred to them as the "Orbital Mix." They have since stopped doing this to try to minimize confusion, but it's still confusing when one realizes a majority of "Orbital mixes" have nothing to do with the group named Orbital.

Happy Rhodes is a singer / songwriter / instrumentalist. She gets mistaken for Kate Bush. And Annie Lennox. And duets between Kate Bush and Annie Lennox. She has a four-octave vocal range!

Weezer never covered N.W.A.'s "Boyz-n-the Hood", that was Dynamite Hack.

Similarly, "The Grunge Song" is also not by Weezer, but by the Canadian comedy trio Radio Free Vestibule (who later changed their name to The Vestibules). The song was also popularly covered by The Austin Lounge Lizards.

And they did not write Teenage Dirtbag. That's by Wheatus. They just play it live sometimes.

Sonic Youth never did an acoustic cover of "Undone (The Sweater Song)": That actually was Weezer, playing the song on a radio show. What probably throws people off is that they invited their friend Timothy 'Speed' Levitch to recite poetry over instrumental sections for this version.

Ibold Train's "A Song About You", The Arena Drive's "The Fall", and Self's "Paint By Numbers" (often also labeled "Ex-Girlfriend") are other examples of songs that have gotten misattributed to Weezer. Funnily enough, the Ibold Train song is also sometimes misattributed to Ozma, a band whose songs have also been misattributed to Weezer.

"I Suck" is not by Weezer either; it's by Mark Ronson, although it features frontman Rivers Cuomo as the lead singer.

Christian Alvestam did not get back to Scar Symmetry. He formed a band called Solution .45 who's music happens to sound similar to theirs. It doesn't help that all the rest of his bands either don't sound like them or are so unknown nobody has heard their music.

Much 90s hip hop is mistaken as being by 2 Live Crew. For example, "Shake That Ass Bitch" (Splack Pack), "Da Dip" (Freak Nasty), and "Too Much Booty in the Pants" (Soundmaster T).

Pretty much every bubblegum dance song in the world has been attributed to Aqua at some point. Dance Dance Revolution fans are more likely to attribute all bubblegum dance to Smile.DK instead.

The Sonic the Hedgehog series has many of its vocal themes performed by the rock band Crush 40 (the group's guitarist, Jun Senoue, is one of the series' main composers). Because of this, some songs that are done by different performers (such as both versions of "It Doesn't Matter" or "Escape from the City") are sometimes mistakenly credited to them. "This Machine" from Sonic Heroes has also been credited to Crush 40, even though it doesn't sound anything like them. It's Julien K.

Boards of Canada get a lot of these, many of which turn out to be amateur electronic musicians hoping to get their music heard by having the BOC name attached to it. The most infamous of these is Skeptical's "Chameleon", which was fraudulently released under the Boards Of Canada name on itunes, though of course Warp Records got it pulled five days later.

To be honest, Boards Of Canada are not the first group that come to mind when considering the acronym BOC

not every Latin-infused rock song with electric guitars is by Santana.

Henry VIII of England is the king of this trope and possible Ur-Example. Henry VIII didn't write nearly as many songs and tunes as have been ascribed to him. He was a notable musician and composer of his time, and while a lot of this notability did stem from him being one of the most influential and recognisable English kings, he did write some songs and tunes that were well-regarded on their own merits. But not every Tudorbethan or late medieval ditty whose author is uncertain can actually be attributed to him, even though that is exactly what people have been doing ever since he was crowned. Best known examples are "Greensleeves" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", both of which music historians are now pretty sure he didn’t write.

On radio stations and music channels like MTV, many songs by the punk/post-punk group fIREHOSE were often mistakenly attributed to the glam/hair metal band Firehouse. The confusion here stemmed more from their similar band names, as they sounded quite unlike each other. In fact, even on Youtube, fIREHOSE music videos are uploaded by the Firehouse VEVO channel.

Dick Dale did not make every 60's instrumental Surf Rock hit. He did cover many of them, though.

Jamiroquai's first few songs, indeed a significant chunk of their output, have been mistaken for Stevie Wonder's work by people not paying sufficient attention.

Aqua and Toy-Box songs are frequently mistaken for being by the other group. To be somewhat fair, they are both eurodance-bands featuring a high-pitched female lead singer and a deep-voiced male co-singer.

Not every symphonic power metal band is Nightwish, Within Temptation, or Epica. Songs from the genre or similar sounding genres will often be mistaken for being by either three.

Not every bluegrass song is by Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, or Ralph Stanley. And if you hear a female vocal on a bluegrass song, it won't always be Alison Krauss & Union Station.

Name any hit Camouflage have ever had. It will be misattributed to Depeche Mode because the two groups sound so similar. See "Love Is A Shield" and "The Great Commandment" below.

Zara Larsson's music is often misattributed to Rihanna due to the similar vocal styles. For starters, Rihanna is black while Larsson is white. Likewise, MNEK, her collaborator on "Never Forget You", is often mistaken to be The Weeknd.

Industrial group Project Pitchfork's early-mid '90s songs may be mistaken for Skinny Puppy, due to their similar vocal style at the time.

Commonly Mistaken Musical Works, # to M

"1000 Nights and One" is not by Dune. It's by East Beat Syndicate. Likewise, "Love Transmission" is not by Captain Jack.

"3 A.M." is not by the Goo Goo Dolls, and "Slide" is not by Matchbox Twenty. (Two songs that sound completely the same by two groups who were popular at the same time.)

The 1981 song "'65 Love Affair" sounds a lot like Billy Joel's or Hall & Oates' output around the same time, but is actually by Paul Davis.

"7 Years" is not by Jason Mraz, but by Danish band Lukas Graham. The song even mentions his name in it.

"99 Red Balloons" was not covered by AFI, NOFX or Reel Big Fish. The version that you heard was actually covered by 7 Seconds (on the album "Walk Together"). The other well known cover, which was featured on Gran Turismo 3 is by Goldfinger, not the aforementioned bands. The original, of course, was done by Nena (not Nina Hagen or Björk).

Binary Finary's 19XX (originally 1998, then 1999) was remixed by Gouryella (Ferry Corsten and DJ Tiesto), not Veracocha (Ferry Corsten and Vincent de Moor). Some CD compilations actually mislabeled it this way.

Rick Springfield did not sing "867-5309/Jenny", nor did Huey Lewis and the News. It's by Tommy Tutone (who were a band, not a solo artist).

Blink-182 never covered "867-5309". That was Less Than Jake or Bracket.

"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" isn't by 3 Doors Down, Matchbox Twenty, blink-182, Third Eye Blind, Simple Plan, or Bowling for Soup, it's actually by the band Nine Days.

"Addicted" was not by Three Doors Down, Hinder, or Fall Out Boy. It was by Saving Abel.

Nor did they perform "Headstrong"; you're thinking of Trapt.

Also, "Headstrong" is not by Linkin Park (there is a version floating around where the lead vocals are identical to those of Chester Bennington) or Papa Roach (it sounds roughly similar to "Last Resort". Ashley Tisdale also has a song by this title, but it's not related to the Trapt song either.

"Adiemus" isn't by Enya or Enigma; it's written by Karl Jenkins, and performed by a group named, appropriately enough, Adiemus. (Jenkins also wrote the music from the De Beers Diamonds ads, incidentally.)

"A Little Bit of Ecstasy" is not by Planet Soul, K5, or Amber. It's by Jocelyn Enriquez. Amber, despite her similar voice, had a very different music style than Jocelyn; the former was Europop, while the latter was Freestyle.

"All About That Bass" is not by Beyoncé or Rihanna. It's by Meghan Trainor. Same deal with "Lips are Movin'", "Dear Future Husband", "Like I'm Gonna Lose You", "No", and any other song that Meghan Trainor sang.

"All For You" is not a Blues Traveler song, nor is it a Counting Crows song, but a Sister Hazel song.

John Popper, Blues Traveler's lead singer, is quite annoyed by this misconception, enough so that he wrote something of an answer song called "Just For Me" that includes the lyrics "Just another I-IV-V" (common pop chord progression) and "Oh wait, that's right, no it wasn't me, I didn't do it / Say what you will, but you can't blame a thing on me". Subtle, but awesome.

The songs "Almost", "The Girl All the Bad Guys Want", and the punk cover of "...Baby One More Time" are not by Simple Plan. They are all by Bowling for Soup. People seem to confuse Simple Plan with Bowling for Soup.

Lasgo did not cover Heart's "Alone", that was DHT. Lasgo did produce an original song titled "Alone" that is completely different from the Heart song.

The nu-Italo dance song "Around The World" with the refrain "Wanna fly with you 'round the world" is not by Whigfield, Nathalie, or Dhany. It's by More.

"Around the World (La La La La La)" is not by A-Teens, but by the similarly named German Europop group ATC (A Touch of Class).

"As Time Goes By" is not by Cole Porter. It was written by the comparatively obscure Herman Hupfeld.

The vocalist of Chicane's "Autumn Tactics" was not Beth Orton, but a pre-fame Justine Suissa, who was later the main vocalist for Oceanlab and also sang on Armin Van Buuren's "Burned With Desire" and "Wall of Sound".

"At Seventeen" is not by Janis Joplin. It's by Janis Ian. In fact, Joplin was dead for five years when Ian recorded it.

"Awake" is not by Disturbed, Static-X and Slipknot working together; it was solely done by The Clay People.

The trance song "Awakening" was not by Cygnus X, but by Rank 1 long after CX disbanded, although it is similar to R1's remix of CX's "Superstring".

The trance group Ayla never produced a song titled "Ayla Part 3", that's "Escape" by fellow German trance act Kay Cee.

Ayla also did not produce "Apollo 1999", that was a song titled "Ayla" (different from the group's self titled song) by Mp 3.com artist Electicus, pastiching the group Ayla's signature style.

"Baby Come Back" is not by Hall & Oates. It's not by Little River Band either. It's by Player.

"I'm Too Sexy" isn't an MC Hammer song either. It's by Right Said Fred.

The Bee Gees never covered this song.

Mr. Bungle never did a version of Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time", nor did Mike Patton cover it as a solo artist. That rendition is actually by The Ping Pang Band. The confusion apparently started with the Ping Pang Band version being uploaded to an ftp site that was otherwise dedicated to bootlegs of Mr. Bungle and related projects - The Ping Pang Band have absolutely no connection to Mr Bungle or any other Mike Patton affiliated project, though the vocals on their cover were clearly an Affectionate Parody of Patton.

Neither did Weezer have a cover of it, that would be Travis.

UB40 are probably best-known for their reggae covers of classic songs, but such a cover of "Baby, I Love Your Way" was done by the relatively-obscure Big Mountain, who came out during UB40's heyday.

"Back at One" is not by 98 Degrees, R. Kelly, or Westlife. It's by Brian McKnight.

"Bad to the Bone" is not by ZZ Top. It's George Thorogood. Also, it's not by Bo Diddley, either. The song's guitar riff was borrowed from "I'm a Man," which is over twenty years older. George Thorogood acknowledged this by having Bo Diddley appear in the video.

There's a strange misconception in some corners of the Internet, shared by a surprising number of lyrics archives, that the Blue Öyster Cult recorded "Ballroom Blitz". The fact that British glam-rockers the The Sweet recorded this and had the hit single does not stop it being attributed to the BOC. Nor does the fact it was written by another songwriting team note Chinn and Chapman stop it being credited to Eric Bloom and Donald Roeser. OK, it sounds like something the BOC might have recorded or at least covered live - but they've never been anywhere near it. Consider the opening lyrics:

Are you ready, Steve? Aha.

Andy? Yeah! Mick? OK.

Alright, fellas, let's Go!!

Strange for a band whose members are called Eric, Buck, Allen, Albert and Joey. Steve, Andy and Mick are, in reality, the first names of the Sweet.

Curtis Mayfield did not sing a song called "Diamond In The Back". William DeVaughn sung the song and its actual name is "Be Thankful For What You Got". The "Diamond in the Back" name is a Ludacris song that samples it.

"Bette Davis Eyes" is not by Rod Stewart. The version you're familiar with is by Kim Carnes (from an album called Mistaken Identity, appropriately enough).

It's not Bonnie Tyler either, so don't confuse "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with Stewart or Carnes.

Interestingly, the theme song to the Michael Crichton movie Looker is frequently misattributed to Carnes. It’s actually by Sue Saad.

Actually, it’s only a partial misattribution. Carnes did a cover of "Looker" on her Voyeur album, but people mistakenly attribute her song for being the original theme. It’s not.

"Best Friend" and "Tarzan and Jane" are not by Aqua. They're by Toy-Box. For a matter of fact, the two bands often get mistaken for each other.

Coldplay later subverted this trope in 2005, when they and the Verve's lead singer, Richard Ashcroft, covered "Bitter Sweet Symphony" at the Live 8 festival.

Oh, and by the way, "The Freshmen" is not by The Verve, either.

"The Drugs Don't Work" by The Verve is also commonly mislabeled as being by Radiohead.

Gene Pitney never sang "Black Is Black." Los Bravos did.

that acoustic version of Radiohead's "Blow Out" you may have found online doesn't feature The Pixies (who had broken up not long before Radiohead's Pablo Honey came out anyway). It's Thom Yorke being backed up by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow of The Posies live in studio for a Canadian radio broadcast. Presumably this misattribution started with someone mishearing the DJ who lists off the names of the performers afterwards.

"Blood Is Pumpin'" is not by Warp Brothers, Aquagen, or Darude, but by Voodoo & Serrano.

Cradle of Filth never did a Bloody Tears Cover. It's by Naoto Shibata PROJECT.

the Blue Man Group did not do "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", that was Eiffel 65, who couldn't be any more different from Blue Man Group.

"Bodies" (not "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor") was not by System of a Down, Sum 41, Daughtry, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Disturbed, Slipknot, or Korn, but by Drowning Pool. In Zombie's case, this is because the song sounds similar to "Dragula."

Those who've heard "Born Free" in the Chevy Silverado commercials might believe that Bob Seger lent another of his songs to the automaker after the success of "Like a Rock". In reality, it was recorded by Kid Rock.

First of all, the song was popular years before AC/DC became superstars. Secondly, considering that John Kay's voice sounds like neither Bon Scott's nor Brian Johnson's high-pitched voices, you can figure that out for yourself.

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is not by Matchbox 20, the Wallflowers, Everclear, Gin Blossoms, Oasis, or the Ramones, but rather by a band called Deep Blue Something. (And the song has nothing to do with "Moon River", the actual theme from the movie)

"Bring Me to Life" is not by Paramore. It's by Evanescence.

A LOT of people also seem to believe Linkin Park took part in the song. They did not. The male vocals were provided by Paul McCoy of 12 Stones, who sounds somewhat like Mike Shinoda. Nor did they remix it.

Fewer people seem to think that it was Papa Roach singing the male vocals instead.

Peter Gabriel did not make (or cover) the song "Broken Wings" (the one that goes "Take these broken wings and learn to fly again, learn to live so free..."); that was Mr. Mister, whose vocalist sounds somewhat like Gabriel. Same deal with "Kyrie."

"Brown Eyed Girl" is not by the Rolling Stones. It's by Van Morrison.

And neither Sex Pistols, Green Day, or blink-182 covered "Brown Eyed Girl". That was a band called Lagwagon.

KMFDM did not cover Ministry's "Burning Inside", that was either Static X (male vocals) or Death Ride 69 (female vocals).

"Butterfly" from Dance Dance Revolution is not by Aqua, but rather by a Swedish group called Smile.dk.

Although Aqua did a song called "Bumblebees", the song with the lyrics "Sweet little bumblebee, I know what you want from me" is not by them, but Bambee, another Danish bubblegum dance group.

"Buzzin' (I Feel Like Money), mostly known for the song's subtitle, is not by Jason Derulo, Trey Songz, New Boyz, or Chingy. It's by rapper Mann. Mann did have another song called "Text" that featured Jason Derulo.

The 1990's Eurodance song "Call Me" (not to be confused with the 1980 Blondie song or the 2007 Kandystand song) is not by Culture Beat, but by Le Click.

There is no Rasputina song called "Call Me Alice" or "Life 101:" the band is Call Me Alice, that was a fan-made megamix of it and Lock n' Load's song is "Life 101" from their album "2000."

"Catch the Wind" is by Donovan, not Bob Dylan, although there are videos all over Youtube claiming otherwise. The confusion seems to be because the song is very much in Dylan's early folk style. In fact, almost all of Donovan's songs sounded like that (he was dubbed "The British Bob Dylan" by the press), but he's mainly known today for 'Season of The Witch," a somewhat out-of-character psychedelic rock song.

"Cat's in the Cradle" is not by Cat Stevens. It's by Harry Chapin. The fact that the two sound a lot alike, in addition to the fact that Stevens has a compilation album called Cat's Cradle, doesn't help matters.

And the lyrics of the song come from a poem written by Sandy Chapin, his wife.

Skid Row, Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses, or Kid Rock never covered "Cat's in the Cradle". That cover was by Ugly Kid Joe.

And "Cat's in the Kettle" was not done by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was a parody by Bob Rivers.

Actually, this one is an odd triangular interaction of this trope and Covered Up. The original version of "Cocaine" is by JJ Cale (the same is true of "After Midnight"), and is itself frequently thought to be either by ZZ Top (more understandable than with the Clapton version, given the gritty twang of JJ's voice), an alternate version by Clapton himself, or a cover of the Clapton version.

"Coco Jamboo" is not by Inner Circle or Fun Factory. It's the lone American hit of Mr. President.

Trent Reznor and Roger Waters have never collaborated, on a live version of "Comfortably Numb" or any other project. If you find a song on a P2P network labelled as this, it's typically just Pink Floyd's own live version from Delicate Sound of Thunder, which neither Reznor nor Waters appears on (though Waters did co-write the song and might legitimately show up in the credits for that reason). In fact, the melody on the verses of that version, which is quite different from that of the original studio recording, is a version Waters has never played on, with or without Pink Floyd.

"Copacetic" isn't by Nirvana, and that's not its name (nor is it "And You Don't" or "Born to be Down"). It's called "Bound for the Floor," and it's by Local H.

One of the oddest misattribution seen on filesharing systems is Rednex's "Cotton Eye Joe" listed as being by Primus. The male vocalist in Rednex arguably sounds slightly similar to Les Claypool (they both have western country voices), but otherwise, completely different styles of music.

"Could Have Been Me" isn't by Queen. It's by the Struts, a band often considered somewhat of a spiritual successor to Queen, and was recorded more than twenty years after Freddie Mercury's death. It doesn't help that frontman Luke Spiller looks quite a bit like Freddie Mercury.

The cover of "Crash" by The Primitives that was used in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday wasn't done by Sum 41. It was by Matt Willis, formerly of the band Busted.

"Da Dip" isn't by 2 Live Crew or 69 Boyz, and it also isn't called "When I Dip" either. It is in fact by a little-known Atlanta rapper named Freak Nasty.

"Dancing In The Moonlight" isn't by Van Morrison or Elvis Costello, but King Harvest covering Boffalongo. The fact that Van Morrison has an entirely different hit song called "Moondance" may add to the confusion there.

"Da Turdy Point Buck" is not by Da Yoopers. It's by Bananas at Large, a Wisconsin group. You're probably thinking of "Second Week of Deer Camp", which is by Da Yoopers.

You may understandably mistake "Day After Day" as a latter-era Beatles song. It isn't; it's actually by one of their Apple Records labelmates, Badfinger (The Other Wiki link goes to the article about the song), though George Harrison did produce and play some of the guitar bits on the song.

"Come And Get It", by the same band, is also widely misattributed as a Beatles song. It doesn't help that Paul McCartney actually wrote it, and that a demo version appears on one of The Beatles Anthology compilation albums.

The members of the Beatles all individually worked with Badfinger at one point or another (either writing songs, producing, or occasionally playing instruments). The two bands were actually pretty good friends and had a similar style, so it makes sense that they are confused. It doesn't help matters that Badfinger is virtually unknown in the US (the only hit they had in the US was a cover not performed by them). They were better known in the UK though so it's less common for them to be mistaken for the Beatles there.

"Dam Dadi Doo" is not by Eiffel 65. It's by Fantasy Project.

"Dancing on Nails" is not by Asking Alexandria, but by We Are Harlot, the side band of AA's Danny Worsnop.

"Dancing with an Angel" is not by Culture Beat or Kim Sanders. It's by Double You featuring Sandy Chambers.

"Die Trying" is not by Linkin Park or Three Days Grace. It's by Art of Dying. It doesn't help in the former case that it sounds a lot like "From The Inside", and in the latter case that Adam Gontier's cousin Cale is the band's bassist.

"Discord" is not a song by The Living Tombstoneredone by Eurobeat Brony trying to piggyback on its huge popularity. Eurobeat's version is the original that was Covered Up by Tombstone.

"DJ Girl" is not by Angelina, but by the similarly-named One-Hit Wonder Katalina.

"Don't Pull Your Love" is by Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds. NOT Elvis Presley. And on a similar note, "Lonely This Christmas" is not by Elvis either. It is by British glam rock band Mud, with lead singer Les Gray doing an impression of Presley.

It's also not by Billy Idol, though he did release a relatively little-known cover of it on his Greatest Hits album.

It's also not by the Human League — you're probably thinking of "Don't You Want Me."

And it isn't by David Bowie, either.

"Down with the Sickness" is not by System of a Down. It's by Disturbed.

"The Dream" isn't by Thursday; it's by Open Hand. And neither is "This Sadness Alone" (which doesn't even sound anything like Thursday). That one's by Reach the Sky.

"Dream On" was not performed by Led Zeppelin. That was Aerosmith. It just sounds like "Stairway to Heaven", but that's not Zeppelin.

"Dream Police" is not by Aerosmith. It is by Cheap Trick. The confusion is probably due to Aerosmith's similarly-named song "Dream On," and the fact that "Dream Police" was included on Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

Similar confusion with Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever", which was also included on Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

"Dreamin' of That Angel" is not by 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, or Matchbox 20. It's by Unconditional Life.

The 2001 trance track "Dreamland" is not by Armin Van Buuren, but by Nu NRG. One may confuse it with "Future Fun Land", which Armin released under his Perpetuous Dreamer alias in 1999.

Many people misattribute Boney M's song "El Lute" to ABBA, because of its (probably intentional) similarity to "Fernando" and "Chiquitita".

Errr... Fernando, by Abba, was shamelessly ripped off by British group The Brotherhood of Man (like ABBA, Eurovision winners), a band marketed as an Abba clone. TBOM's "Angelo" is so suspiciously similar to "Fernando", it is often mis-attributed to ABBA, whilest "Fernando" is also mis-attributed to TBOM. It gets confusing, especially as other TBOM songs - especially "Figaro" - are also suspiciously ABBA-like.

Ditto for "Rasputin", which has also been misattributed to fellow German disco act Dschinghis Khan. This is possibly because of YTMND where "Rasputin" is the Alternate Universe equivalent of the "Moskau" meme.

Also "Seven Tears" is not by Boney M. It's The Goombay Dance Band, a similar manufactured outfit and case of Follow the Leader. Both bands were faux-Caribbean reggae-disco outfits, similarly both formed by white West German musicians (Frank Farian - Boney M, Oliver Bendt - Goombay Dance Band). Both sang on their band's tracks. The difference was while Bendt was the face of the band, Farian had a black dancer - Bobby Farrell mime to Farian's vocals. Goombay's other songs are often mistaken as Boney M's.

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is not by Guns N' Roses, but by Poison, similarities to "Patience" notwithstanding.

The Pet Shop Boys do not have a song titled "Every Time I See You Falling". That's "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order. And Orbital never covered or remixed it.

"Everything You Want" is not by 3 Doors Down. It's by Vertical Horizon, and was popular shortly before "Kryptonite" was.

Eminem does not have a song called "Everywhere I Go". That's by Hollywood Undead. The song isn't about Charlie Sheen either.

"Ex's & Oh's" (the 2015 alternative #1 turned pop #10, not Atreyu's 2006 song) is not by Amy Winehouse, Meghan Trainor, Sia, or Duffy. It's by One-Hit Wonder Elle King, the daughter of actor Rob Schneider. In the case of Winehouse, she had been dead for four years by the time the song was recorded.

"Eye of the Tiger" is not by Journey. It is by Survivor. People have made this mistake because Survivor's lead singer Dave Bickler (who was later replaced by the late Jimi Jamison) sounds a lot like Steve Perry.

Children Of Bodom did not cover Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark." That was Italian melodic black metal band Graveworm.

And neither did Nightwish. That was Sturm und Drang (who, despite their name, are a Finnish band with a Swedish singer).

"The Fear That Gave Me Wings" is not by Bring Me the Horizon but by a more obscure, American Metalcore band called Glory of This. BMTH themselves never claimed authorship of the song, but do supposedly play it live once in a while after dispelling the rumor.

"Feelin' Alright" is not by Ray Charles; who you're hearing is Joe Cocker covering up Traffic. Charles never covered the song, either.

Sarah Brightman did not sing the theme to The Fifth Element. She also never collaborated with Enigma.

Less Than Jake never covered the Proclaimers' "500 Miles". It was actually Down by Law.

That same cover is also not by Mx Px (who, to confuse things a bit, DID later cover "500 Miles", minus the F-bomb in the Down by Law cover.)

"Fight Song" (as in the 2015 pop hit, not Marilyn Manson's "The Fight Song") is not by Katy Perry, Sara Bareilles, Pink. or Kelly Clarkson. It's by little-known singer/songwriter Rachel Platten. At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the use of music by both Platten and Perry in the campaign led many people, and even some media organizations to misattributing the former's biggest hit to the latter. A similar misconception happens with her follow up "Stand By You", although not to the same extent.

"The Final Countdown" was not performed by Queen, Van Halen, Journey, or Styx, but by Europe.

Children of Bodom never did a cover of Europe's "The Final Countdown". Depending on the version you've heard, it was either Norther or Dispatched.

Nightwish never had a non-lyrical song called "A Final Dream". That's Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Seriously, you need a behind-the-ear amplifier or something.

Utada Hikaru never recorded an English version of her song "First Love". It's a cover by Jessa Zaragoza.

Annie Lennox never sang "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". That version was by Joanna Law.

Likewise, "Hooch" is not by Sublime or Sugar Ray either. It's by a band called Everything (not to be confused with Everything but the Girl).

DJ Tiësto never made a song called "Fly Away", that was fellow Dutchman Vincent de Moor.

Utada Hikaru did not sing the Bayonetta version of "Fly Me to the Moon", that was done by Belgian singer Helena Noguerra.

DJ Sammy did not do the Speedy Techno Remake of the Olsen Brothers' "Fly on the Wings of Love", that was by XTM & DJ Chuckie, although they are also from Spain.

The Beatles' "The Fool On The Hill" was not the theme to the ABC 1969 dramedy Room 222. People think that because Sergio Mendes did a cover of the song and their arrangement sounds similar to the Room 222 theme (composed by Jerry Goldsmith) which was affected in 7/4 time.

Conversely, "Old Time Rock & Roll" is Bob Seger, not CCR. Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry or Little Richard didn't do it either. Another "CCR song" that actually isn't is the 1971 Canadian hit "Jodie", by Joey Gregorash.

"Freak of the Week" (not "Can You Make Me a Promise") is not by Third Eye Blind, Green Day or Matchbox 20. It's Marvelous 3.

"Freestyler" is not by The Freestylers. It's by Bomfunk MC's.

"The Freshmen", not "We Were Merely Freshmen", is not by Third Eye Blind or Matchbox 20, but by The Verve Pipe.

This confusion may be due to 3EB's similar sounding "Slow Motion".

Likewise, "Two Princes" (Not "If You Want To Be My Baby") is also not by Third Eye Blind. It's by Spin Doctors. This confusion may be due to the similar sounding "Semi-Charmed Life", which is not by Matchbox Twenty, by the way.

Bob Dylan never covered "Friday" by Rebecca Black, nor did Black cover the song from Dylan. It was by a singer named Mike Bauer who intentionally covered the song to sound like Dylan.

Slight variation involving mistaken movie soundtracks: Yes, there is such thing as an Avril Lavigne song called "Give You What You Like". it is not part of the soundtrack to Fifty Shades of Grey, but it is the theme song to Lifetime original movie Babysitter's Black Book.

Iggy Pop didn't do "A Girl Like You" — that was Edwyn Collins, the former singer for 80's indie heroes Orange Juice. Mind, his vocal style on that particular song is similar enough that All Music Guide called it an "Iggy Pop tribute", it was his only U.S. hit, and the fact that Iggy Pop's Lust for Life ended up having a sudden resurgence in popularity the next year due to it's use in Trainspotting may have had something to do with it as well. The song occasionally gets credited to Urge Overkill and David Bowie too.

"Glad You Came" was not by One Direction, but by The Wanted. Likewise, "What Makes You Beautiful" is not by The Wanted, but by One Direction.

"Glory of Love" is not by Music/Chicago or Phil Collins. That was a solo hit from Chicago's lead singer Peter Cetera.

"Gollum's Song" from The Two Towers is not sung by Björk. It's Emiliana Torrini. Yes, she sounds a lot like Björk. Yes, this is deliberate: The song was originally intended to be performed by Björk and accordingly written in her style, but she had to decline the offer because of her pregnancy. It doesn't help that the end credits as seen in the theatrical version of the film actually did mistakenly list Björk as the performer, which was subsequently corrected for the DVD release and soundtrack album.

"Good Grief" (that rap-rock song starting with the line "Good morning Vietnam") was not by Rage Against The Machine. It's by Urban Dance Squad. Really. (And for that matter, UDS inspired RATM, not the other way around!)

The late '60s hit "Good Morning Starshine" (originally written for the musical Hair) isn't by John Denver, nor is it Donovan; it's by Oliver.

An example of a misattributed album: "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys is not on the album Pet Sounds. Yes, it was recorded during the sessions for that album, but it was intended for Smile, which was shelved, and the song was eventually put on the album Smiley Smile.

"Heart of Asia", the trance remake of the theme to Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, is not by Binary Finary, but by Watergate. This confusion may be because the Rising Sun mix has a synth hook similar to BF's "1998".

The '80s power ballad "Heaven" is not by Eric Clapton. It's by Bryan Adams. Clapton's 1991 song "Tears in Heaven" has no relation.

"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" is not by Wilson Phillips, Tiffany, The Go-Go's or Cyndi Lauper. It's by Belinda Carlisle, who is the lead singer of The Go-Go's.

Avicii did not produce a progressive house song named "Hello Miami". That song is by Disfunktion, and it's real title is "Galette (Original Mix)".

"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" is not by Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer or Adam Sandler. It's by Allan Sherman. The confusion arose because it is sung to the tune of "The Dance of the Hours" by Amilcare Ponchielli, which Jones and the City Slickers also used.

"Here I Go Again" is not by Van Halen or Sammy Hagar. It's by Whitesnake.

The Europop song "Here I Go Again" is not by Sash! and/or Tina Cousins, but by E-Type.

"Her Diamonds" is not a Matchbox Twenty song; it's a solo piece by their lead singer Rob Thomas.

It's been said that radio stations had calls for "that new Matchbox Twenty song" when another solo recording by Thomas, "Lonely No More", received regular airplay.

Contrary to what you may have read e. g. in some film credits, "Here Comes the Bride" is not a traditional folk tune, but was written by Richard Wagner for his opera Lohengrin.

The tune of "Hernando's Hideaway" is not the most traditional of tangos. It's from The Pajama Game.

"Hero" (the 2001 Latin-pop ballad) is not by Marc Anthony, but Enrique Iglesias.

"Hero" (the 2002 rock hit) was not performed by Nickelback. It was performed by Chad Kroeger (of Nickelback, just not for this song) and Saliva's Josey Scott.

"Hey Jealousy" is not by the Goo Goo Dolls, Candlebox or Faith No More. It's by the Gin Blossoms.

"High Dive" (not "Someone Else's Song") is not by Train, but by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness.

"Higher" and "With Arms Wide Open" are not by Pearl Jam. They're both by Creed. It's pretty easy to mix it up because of the vocal style. This was parodied on a Mad TV sketch.

"The Hippy Hippy Shake" suffers from this in both its original recording and as a cover. The former is by Chan Romero, not Ritchie Valens, and while The Beatles did cover the song, they are more often mistaken for the Swinging Blue Jeans.

"A Horse with No Name" isn't by Neil Young; it's by the band America (coincidentally, it replaced Young's "Heart of Gold" on top of the charts). The confusion is understandable, since they were deliberately imitating Young's style.

"House of the Rising Sun" was not done by The Rolling Stones or The Doors. The most famous version was done by the Animals, though it's much older, with a recording even done by Leadbelly, and Bob Dylan did a version on his first album. There was also a rather strange version by Jim Nabors.

Ozzy Osbourne did not sing "I Am Santa Claus". That was a parody by Bob Rivers.

Ozzy did make a cameo in the music video though.

This isn't a Weird Al song either.

"I Can Dream About You" is not by Hall & Oates; it's by Dan Hartman. In this case, the confusion is somewhat understandable, as Hartman had originally written the song with them in mind; they declined to record it because they had just finished their new album, so Hartman decided to record it himself.

"If You Could Only See" was by Tonic, not Foo Fighters or Sister Hazel.

Gloria Estefan never sang "If You Leave Me Now". It was produced by Stevie B. and originally sung by Filipina One-Hit Wonder Jaya, then covered by Stevie B. himself as a duet with Alexia Phillips, who should not be confused with the Eurodance vocalist Alexia.

"(I Just) Died In Your Arms" was not by Journey, Foreigner, Eddie Money, Meat Loaf, or The Police. It's Cutting Crew. And the freestyle cover was not by Johnny O., TKA, George Lamond, Collage, or Stevie B., but by the Canadian group Intonation featuring Joée (Joseph DeSimone).

"I Knew You Were Trouble" is not by Lostprophets. It's by Taylor Swift.note This misattribution was the result of a particularly sneaky troll who released the song back as a single on Spotify. Except the cover attributed it to Lostprophets, who by that time had broken up due to its lead singer Ian Watkins being outed as a pedophile, and the cover of the song featuring a screenshot of the Canadian cartoon Scaredy Squirrel, bizarrely enough. In fact, on this very wiki, pages were constantly edited to attribute the song to Lostprophets.

"I Live for the Sun" isn't by The Beach Boys,note although Murry Wilson did produce the record or even Jan and Dean. It's by a group called the Sunrays.

"I Love College" is by Asher Roth, not Eminem.

"I Love Rock N' Roll" is not by Pat Benatar, but by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and they didn't perform the original version either, that was The Arrows.

AC/DC also had nothing to do with "Bad Reputation"; this would be confusion with Thin Lizzy. There is a Thin Lizzy song by the same title. It is a completely different song than the Joan Jett song.

Speaking of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, "Bad Reputation" is also not by Pat Benatar.

Although most people know that "Imagine" is not a Beatles song, despite John Lennon having been a Beatle, even it isn't immune from being attributed as "a Beatles song". The song was a hit a year after the Beatles broke up. The same thing has happened with "Mother" when referring to the namesake of the MOTHER video game series.

And somewhat related, the techno remix of "In the Hall of the Mountain King"— which is actually titled "Razzia" by an artist simply known as "M"— has absolutely nothing to do with Inspector Gadget, despite often being titled as such on file-sharing sites.

Many people think that the Temptations do "In the Still of the Night", which is actually by The Five Satins, about ten years before the Temptations' heyday.

"In the Summertime" was by Mungo Jerry, not Bob Dylan. And Shaggy didn't do it first.

To make things more confusing, Dylan wrote and recorded a different song called "In The Summertime" from his 1981 album Shot Of Love, then a few years later recorded a Cover Version of the Mungo Jerry song that didn't get released, but has been bootlegged.

"In The Year 2525" is not by Simon and Garfunkel. It's by Zager and Evans.

"I Ran Over The Taco Bell Dog" is the hardest song to find a real artist. The song has been misattributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic, Adam Sandler, Robin Williams, Cheech & Chong, Afroman, South Park Mexican, Chingo Bling, Bob & Tom, & Andrew & Anthony! The real artists are Tim (Scott) & Mark (Derringer) who hosted a radio show years ago.

Johnny Cash did not cover "I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock of Seagulls. It was done by an amateur musician who was deliberately rendering the song In the Style of... Cash.

"I Remember You", not "Remember Yesterday", is not by Warrant. It's by Skid Row.

"I've Been Thinking About You" is not by Rick Astley, but by Londonbeat. And the female vocalist on the duet remake is not Kylie or Dannii Minogue, but Damae of Fragma fame.

"Jerk it Out" (of iPod commercial fame) is not by Duran Duran, but by Caesars — long after Duran Duran's heyday.

"Jerusalem" is not by Bob Dylan. It's by a sound-alike named Dan Bern (see the Stealers Wheel example).

"Jessie" by Joshua Kadison sounds so much like Elton John that radio stations running contests to "call in when we play an Elton song to win Elton tickets" were flooded with calls every time it played.

"Jump Around" was not by Cypress Hill or Kris Kross, but it was by House of Pain. It was, however, based somewhat on Kris Kross's "Jump.", and was also produced by DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill.

"What It's Like" is not by Sublime, it's by House of Pain frontman Everlast. In fact, Brad Nowell was dead when it was recorded.

The Judds never recorded "Men", that was The Forester Sisters, and neither one of those two groups did "Leave The Pieces", that song was done by The Wreckers.

"Just When I Needed You Most" was not by Christopher Cross, but by Randy van Warmer. The song does bear a resemblance to Cross' main hit, "Sailing."

Phil Collins had absolutely nothing to do with later covers of his band Genesis' song "Keep It Dark"; those would be World Trade (whose lead singer vaguely sounds like Collins) and Collins' son Simon (who sounds exactly like Collins).

"Keep Pushin'" (not "Keep On Pushin'") is not by Todd Terry or Nightcrawlers, but by Boris Dlugosch Presents Booom!. You're probably confusing it with "Keep on Jumpin'" or "Push The Feeling On".

"Kids in America" is not by Blondie, Nena, The Bangles, or The Go-Go's. It's by Kim Wilde.

"Kill You Now" is not by Amon Tobin. It's by Doctor Mario (no relation), and is actually titled "Beg4life".

"Kissing in the Rain" on the soundtrack for Great Expectations is neither written nor sung by Tori Amos, though she did contribute to other songs in the film. This track is written by Patrick Doyle with vocals by Miriam Stockley.

"Kiss Me" is not by The Cranberries, The Cardigans, Katie Melua or Avril Lavigne. It's by Sixpence None the Richer, three years before "Complicated" became popular.

Though Avril did cover it at one point...

The trance remix of the Vengaboys' "Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine)" is not by DJ Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Gouryella, or Rank 1, but by Airscape.

"Kryptonite", not "Superman" or "If I Go Crazy", is not by Creed. That was 3 Doors Down.

3 Doors Down's "Here Without You" was not by Matchbox 20, by the way.

"Kung Fu Fighting" isn't by the Bee Gees, Hot Chocolate, the Foo Fighters, Jimi Hendrix, KC and the Sunshine Band, or Village People. It was Carl Douglas.

Don't believe P 2 P networks when they tell you that "The Lady In Red" was done by Phil Collins. It's a Chris de Burgh song. And Collins never covered it. Stevie Wonder never sang it either, you're thinking of "I Just Called to Say I Love You", which wasWoman in Red".

Other people think Roy Orbison sang it. The best guess would probably be Chris Isaak as the artist.

The Pointer Sisters never sang "Lady Marmalade", it was by Labelle, a group fronted by a woman named Patti (the Moulin Rouge version did not come first).

"Lemon Tree" isn't by Oasis or The Beatles. It's by Fool's Garden. This is especially problematic because the lead singer's voice doesn't sound anything like Liam Gallagher's signature Perishing Alt-Rock Voice, and that the Beatles were long defunct (with John Lennon long dead) at the time it came out.

The Beatles are no strangers to having other artists' songs being misattributed to them, but you'd think they'd avoid this problem the other way around, right? Not exactly. Take "Let It Be" for example. Some people think that it's a John Lennon solo song - even though it's sung by Paul McCartney. Lennon didn't even have a hand in writing it, although he got a co-writer credit for contractual reasons.

"Let it Whip" (not to be confused with Devo's "Whip It") is not by The Gap Band, but by The Dazz Band.

"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" is not by N-Trance; it's by Baby D. It does sound alot like N-Trance's "Set You Free", released the same year (1992), and the groups had similar-sounding vocalists, plus Ashley Jade covered both songs in 2005.

"Let Me Let Go" is not by Michael Jackson. It's by an obscure white guy named Jason Malachi, who happens to sound exactly like him.

"Lies" was not by the Beatles. It was The Knickerbockers. Perhaps one of the earliest mistaken songs.

Although to be fair, "Lies" was deliberately a Beatles soundalike. The Knickerbockers lead singer imitated John Lennon's voice while singing, right down to using a slight Liverpool accent to sing with, even thought they were Americans. Their earlier songs were very derivative of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

Also from the original Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era LP, "A Public Execution" by Mouse & The Traps sounds like a less eloquent imitation of "Like a Rolling Stone".

"Life in the Fast Lane" is by The Eagles, not ZZ Top.

"Life Is a Highway" (as in the original song, not the Rascal Flatts cover) was not recorded by Tom Petty, but rather by Tom Cochrane (another case where the singers sound so dissimilar that no-one familiar with both would make the mistake).

"Like Wow!" is not by Nelly Furtado, but by Leslie Sharp (sister of Nick from the Backstreet Boys and Aaron Carter) who tragically passed away in 2012. The title does echo that of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!, though.

that The Legend of Zelda-inspired song ("Link, he come to town") was never performed by System of a Down. (It is not by Mr. Bungle either.) That version is by Joe Pleiman and Jesse Spence, who were members of a musical duo named The Rabbit Joint. The song appeared on an album also called "The Rabbit Joint," and the duo later metamorphosed into Bluegrazer, whereupon they released a song called "The Rabbit Joint." Some amount of confusion is understandable. Continuing to claim that Serj Tankian is in some way responsible for a Zelda cover, however, is not permissible.

"Lips of an Angel" is not by Nickelback or Avenged Sevenfold, but by Hinder. People who remember that "Far Away" was a hit for Nickelback at the exact same time that "Lips of an Angel" was popular tend to avoid making that mistake. If you're scratching your head as to how anyone could confuse it with Avenged Sevenfold, it should be noted that Austin Winkler and M. Shadows sound similar.

Cascada did not cover "Listen To Your Heart" by Roxette. DHT did. This was actually before anyone knew who Cascada even were.

"Little Fluffy Clouds" is by The Orb, not Orbital. And Prodigy did not remix Orbital's "Halcyon"; that is actually the original mix, as opposed to the "& On & On" album version.

the hit version of "Little Honda" wasn't by The Beach Boys, but by The Hondells.

This one's a little tricky, because the Beach Boys did record their own version of the song (which was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love) on the All Summer Long album.

George Strait is not the singer of "A Little More Country Than That." That's Easton Corbin.

"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" wasn't by The Beach Boys. That was Jan and Dean.

The Beach Boys did do a cover of "Little Old Lady" on one of their live albums (although the Jan and Dean version is the one you're more likely to hear on the radio).

"Lovefool" not "Say That You Love Me" is not by No Doubt. It's by the Cardigans.

The hit version of "Love Hurts" was not done by Aerosmith. It's by Nazareth. note It does sound a lot like Steven Tyler, though. And "Hair of the Dog" (not "Son of a Bitch") isn't performed by Bob Seger, AC/DC, John Fogerty or ZZ Top (and it's still not Aerosmith). It's also by Nazareth.

"Love in America" is not by Hot Chelle Rae, but by JTX.

"Love is a Shield" is not by Depeche Mode (hard as that may be to believe). Also by Camouflage.

"Love Spy" is not by Trans-X, although it does sound similar to "Living on Video". It's by German Eurodisco artist Mike Mareen.

Tom Petty doesn't have a song called "Low" (or "Like Being Stoned" for that matter), that was Cracker. The confusion presumably stems from the song having sort of a similar rhythm to "Mary Jane's Last Dance". The confusion has apparently become a big pet peeve of Cracker vocalist David Lowery.

The female cover of Ready for the World's "Love You Down" was not by Brandy, 702, or Mya, but by INOJ.

"Love You More" is not by Opus III or Kirsty Hawkshaw. It's by Sunscreem. And the trance cover is not by Ayla, but Rollergirl.

"Low Rider" is not performed by ZZ Top. That was War, an artist who couldn't be any more different.

Although if you listened to "La Grange" (you might be mistaken on the title) by ZZ Top, there are a few similarities, especially with both artists' signature deep voices.

Lene Lovich was a kooky dark-haired singer with an impressive vocal range and off-the-wall repertoire. Her biggest hit Lucky Number has been mistaken for a work by Kate Bush.

"Made in the USA" is not a Miley Cyrus song, despite the similarities with "Party in the USA". It's by Demi Lovato.

"Magic", the one featured in "Happy Gilmore", is not by Queen or Freddie Mercury. It's by Pilot.

Some people also think "Come on Eileen" is by Queen, but it's actually Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Fatboy Slim never remixed Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride", although he did remix a completely unrelated song of the same title by Mighty Dub Katz (which was an earlier alias of him). And Crystal Method didn't remix Steppenwolf either. That remix is by Philip Steir.

The original song had also been mislabeled multiple times as being by 70s bands like Jefferson Airplane and Led Zeppelin.

Despite being a top search on Youtube, "Make This Place Your Home" by Mumford and Sons doesn't exist. The song that goes "No you're not alone, I'm gonna make this place your home" is NOT by Mumford and Sons, The Decemberists, nor pretty much any other folk-rock band. It's called "Home" and it's by American Idol winner Phillip Phillips.

And "Ho Hey" isn't a Mumford and Sons song either. That's The Lumineers. And let's not get started on "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran.

"Man on the Moon" isn't Soul Asylum. It's REM.

Pink Floyd, Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper and Megadeth have nothing to do with Master of Puppets! Believe me, you're thinking of Metallica!

Skinny Puppy's Ogre did not collaborate with KMFDM on "Mercy" from Symbols. He did, however, contribute to the following album track "Torture".

Google, "Merry Freaking Christmas" and approximately 70% of the hits will credit the song to Relient K. Relient K did not cover the rather "blue" Christmas tune, which includes, among other things, the singer getting in the bathroom with his sister-in-law to have sex, and the sound of her orgasm. Considering they are a Christian punk band, this would be very unlike them. the band in question is called "FRICKIN' A".

the Black Keys never had a song called "Mess Around." That song is by Cage the Elephant. However, the album it is on was produced by Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach.

"The Middle" is not by blink-182, it's by Jimmy Eat World.

"Missing" is not by Des'ree. It's by Everything But the Girl. And the trance remix was not by Paul Oakenfold, but by Todd Terry or Chris & James.

The Real McCoy did not produce "More and More", that was Captain Hollywood Project. And "Mr. Vain"? That was Culture Beat.

"My Sharona" is not by The Clash, but by The Knack. Possibly mistaken because "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" sounds vaguely like it (although "My Sharona" is significantly more upbeat), or because the band names are somewhat similar sounding.

"Normal Days" (not "Making My Mind Up From What You've Heard") is not by Chevelle. It just sounds like it. It's by Nonpoint.

"Northern Lights" is not by ABBA, that is by British classical fusion group Renaissance. Admittedly, they didn't have the usual orchestral backing on that one, and the synths did sound a bit ABBA-esque.

"Nothing Left To Lose" is not by Coldplay. It's by Mat Kearney, again. you're not the only one who's confused.

Also not helped by the fact that, during the verses, his voice sounds a bit like that of Adam Duritz from Counting Crows.

"Now That I Found You" is not by Lil' Suzy, although the singer sounds just like her. It's by the obscure Canadian dance trio YBZ.

"Now We Are Free" from the film Gladiator is not composed by Enya, but by Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard (who wrote the lyrics and also sings it) & Klaus Badelt.

Vincent Price did not do the opening narration for Iron Maiden's "Number of the Beast". It was done by Barry Clayton. When Bruce Dickinson asked Price to do the narration, the actor demanded to be paid an insane sum (about 25 thousand pounds).

The '80s synthpop song "Only You" is not by Erasure, but by Yazoo, Vince Clarke's pre-Erasure duo with Alison Moyet.

Cher did not sing the mid-late '90s dance songs "One More Try" or "Stronger", those were by Kristine W.

"On The Dark Side" is not by Bruce Springsteen. It's by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.

Then again, if you saw that Family Guy episode that the band was mentioned in, maybe you might recognize their name, but not immediately identify the song.

Tiesto did not remix the Theme Tune of A Clockwork Orange, that's "The Orange Theme" by Cygnus X (Moonman's Orange Juice Mix). And he didn't remix the Titanic (1997) theme either, nor did DJ Sakin & Friends (who remade the Braveheart theme, also composed by James Horner), that was done by Mythos 'n DJ Cosmo as "Heart of the Ocean".

Rammstein didn't compose "Otherworld" from Final Fantasy X either. That was Uematsu showing that he is a fan of metal. Uematsu composed the song and it was performed (or at least sung) by Bill Muir. So either way, no Rammstein input there (and they didn't cover the song either, as some have claimed). Baffling, since Rammstein don't even sing in English.

Mars & Mystre never remixed System F(Ferry Corsten)'s "Out of the Blue", nor did they produce a song called "Melodic Ambient Breakbeat". The former is Mars & Mystre's own "Electric Blue", which somewhat resembles "Out of the Blue", while the latter is the self-titled single of Gouryella, a supergroup of Ferry Corsten and DJ Tiesto.

The 1990 industrial song "Overkill" that samples a documentary of the Rosenbergs' electric chair execution is not by Front 242; it's by Front Line Assembly.

Pachelbel's Canon is not by Mozart; it was written by a fellow named Johann Pachelbel. It's called "Pachelbel's Canon" for a reason. And, while it is in D, it certainly isn't in minor (although it does sound interesting that way). Yes, it really was tagged as such on a file-sharing network.

Gershon Kingsley's "Popcorn" was not covered by Kraftwerk. That version is by M&H Band, which in turn is based on Hot Butter's cover-up of the song. The M&H version is also often misattributed to Jean-Michel Jarre, who in fact did a much earlier cover of the song under the alias Popcorn Orchestra.

Nor is Jean-Michel Jarre the original artist behind "Popcorn". For that matter, neither are Hot Butter.

"Prom Night" is not by Rebecca Black. The actual artist is unknown, but Black claims it is not her song.

the '60s garage-rock hit "Psychotic Reaction" isn't by The Yardbirds; it's by the Count Five. Kind of an understandable mistake, particularly because the fast "freakout" sections of the song were clearly modeled after the ending of The Yardbirds' version of "I'm A Man".

The Butthole Surfers didn't perform "Pure Morning", that was Placebo. The song's drum loop and psychedelic guitar effects must remind some of The Butthole Surfers' Black Sheep Hit "Pepper". This is often both a case of this trope andRefrain from Assuming, because when it's attributed this way it tends to also be mistakenly referred to as "Friend With Weed" or "A Friend in Need".

"The Reason", not "The Reason is You", is not by Simple Plan or Maroon 5. It's by Hoobastank.

No, "Redbone" is not by Macy Gray. It's by Childish Gambino.

the instrumental metal song "Redneck Stomp" is not by Godsmack. It's by Obituary, whose death metal sound is nothing like the alt-metal/hard rock of Godsmack. The fact that it sounds a lot like "Vampires" (which actually is an instrumental by Godsmack) doesn't help matters.

Chicane did not have any songs on the Red Planet soundtrack. The offending song is "Dante's Eternal Flame" by Graeme Revell and Melissa Kaplan.

that reggae cover of Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine" is not by Bob Marley. That was UB40.

Marley never covered this song, either. In fact, he had been dead for a year when the UB40 version was recorded, and for seven years by the time it actually became a #1 hit stateside. Furthermore, Marley didn't even drink alcohol.

"Reincarnate" is not by Breaking Benjamin, but rather Motionless In White. Chris Cerulli does sound an awful lot like Ben Burnley in this song, its chorus indeed resembles that of "I Will Not Bow", and it even borrows the "lie down sore and sick" line from "The Diary of Jane". It's possible it was an homage, as both bands are from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area (MIW from Scranton, BB from Wilkes-Barre).

"Replay" (not "A Melody in My Head") is not by Sean Kingston, but by Iyaz (although Kingston appeared in one of the remixes), an apprentice of Kingston.

"Solo" is also believed to be a Sean Kingston song, although it's once again Iyaz.

"Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass frequently gets misattributed to Aretha Franklin due to being in a gospel-influenced R&B style similar to Franklin's signature sound. Martha and the Vandellas is also a popular wrong guess.

Although, Aretha did parody the song in the 90's, as "Deliver Me", for a Pizza Hut Commercial.

Aretha also did not sing "It's Raining Men". That was the Weather Girls, neither of which was Franklin.

Aretha Franklin also didn't cover Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac"; that was Natalie Cole. Understandable, since Cole kind of sounds like Franklin in the song, and the song itself was given a Shout-Out by Franklin in her song "Freeway of Love" (not to mention an actual pink Cadillac appears in the video for said song).

In the case of Madonna and Kylie, Monroe was dead for decades when those covers were released.

Defunct filesharing program Audiogalaxy used to list band's most downloaded songs on their system: The number one most downloaded "Devo" song by far? "Safety Dance", which is in fact by Men Without Hats.

It's also commonly mislabeled as being by Men At Work.

Speaking of Men Without Hats, INXS didn't do "Pop Goes the World," either.

"Missing You" is not Bryan Adams. That was John Waite.

"When I See You Smile" is also not by Bryan Adams. That was Bad English, a group fronted by John Waite.

Basshunter did not remix Darude's "Sandstorm", that was a fan-made megamix of it and Lock n' Load's "Blow Your Mind".

U2 had nothing to do with "Save Me" (the theme from Smallville). That was Remy Zero.

"Sausalito Summernight" was not performed by The Steve Miller Band. It was actually performed by a Dutch band named Diesel.

Neither the Pet Shop Boys nor Erasure covered Real Life's "Send Me an Angel". It's still Real Life. Probably misattributed because the 1989 remix resembles the PSB's style. (DJ) Keoki didn't cover it either; that version was by Ravelab. And the 2006 dance cover is not by Cascada or Dyce, but by Novaspace.

And PSB did not remix New Order's "True Faith". It was produced and remixed by Shep Pettibone, who also did some productions with PSB.

On the subject of John Lennon, he did not sing "Valotte," "Too Late for Goodbyes," or any other song off his son Julian's album Valotte, which was released nearly four years after his death.

"Spanish Stroll" can easily be attributed to Lou Reed or the Velvet Underground. It was done by Mink De Ville.

Ferry Corsten did not remix Tiesto's "Sparkles" or "Nyana". The former was remixed by both Airscape and Transa, whose styles were similar to Ferry's at the time, while the latter mislabeling is an original song by Ferry titled "Sweet Sorrow".

The Doors also never covered "Stairway To Heaven" - it would have been impossible for them to do so with Jim Morrison on vocals anyway, since he died several months before the original song was even released (Unless...). What you're actually hearing is a tribute band called The Australian Doors Show, who were one of many artists who performed the song In the Style of... another artist for the tv show The Money or the Gun.

"Starchild" was not by Dune, but by a group called Starchild, some time after Dune had broken up.

the trance track "Starlight" that sounds similar to System F's aforementioned "Out of the Blue" is not by Ferry Corsten or any of his aliases, but by Rocco & Heist. Corsten did, however, remix an unrelated song also titled "Starlight" by Desiderio.

Corey Vidal did not sing, or write, the "Star Wars (John Williams is The Man)" video that made him famous. He was lip-synching to the work of a comedy/a cappella group, Moosebutter. (To be fair, Moosebutter were quite obscure before Corey's video went viral and tripled their publicity.)

Shaggy did not cover Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs' "Stay", that was Dreamhouse.

the rap version of The Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" is not by Snap!, but by N-Trance.

The song "Steal Away" was never recorded by Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Rupert Holmes, or any of the other well-known yacht rockers. That was one-hit wonder Robbie DuPree. The song's keyboard line is suspiciously similar to "What A Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers (which did have Michael McDonald on lead vocals)

Steely Dan did not do "Still The One". The very idea they would ever do something that optimistic is laughable. The song is actually by Orleans (off this album. Yes, they are all wearing pants).

"Stuck in the Middle With You" is not by Bob Dylan. It's by Stealers Wheel, though Joe Egan's vocal performance borrows from Dylan's style. (Gerry Rafferty did not sing this song, but he was a member of Stealers Wheel and co-wrote the song.)

"Stylophonia" is not by 2 Unlimited or 2 Bad Mice. It's by one-track wonders Two Little Boys.

the Eurodance song "Sugar Daddy" was not by The Real McCoy, but by the Bingo Boys (not to be confused with the later Vengaboys).

"Surf City" wasn't by The Beach Boys. That was, once again, by Jan and Dean. Confusion is particularly understandable here, given that The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson co-wrote the song and sang backup vocals on it.

This song kind of straddles the line between this and Covered Up. Elvis himself did record it first, for his 1962 album Pot Luck with Elvis. However, Stafford's cover was the actual hit, and the one that's most commonly head on oldies radio.

The label that produced it hired Stafford for being an Elvis sound-alike. Reportedly, it fooled Grace Presley herself.

Van Halen did not do the song "Sweet Victory". Neither did KISS, Queen, or Journey. The song is by David Glen Eisley, a member of a one-hit wonder 80's band called Giuffria. To be fair, Bob Kulick, the producer and one of the musicians who played on that song, was a member of KISS for a while.

"That's What Friends Do" is not by REO Speedwagon or Spin Doctors.

The "Symphony No. 7" you're thinking of most likely is not by Mozart, but by Beethoven.

The 1980s version of "Tainted Love" is not by The Cure, The Clash, Midnight Oil, Marilyn Manson (who did cover it), Depeche Mode, The Eurythymics, INXS, Faith No More, Queen, The Ramones, Culture Club, Blue Oyster Cult, or Billy Idol. That's by Soft Cell.

Bad Religion never covered "Tainted Love". That would be Shades Apart.

And the original version was not by Gloria Gaynor or The Supremes, but Gloria Jones.

LMFAO and Rihanna did not make "Take Over Control". That would be Afrojack and Eva Simons.

Some people even believe Toy-box performed "Barbie Girl". Now that WAS Aqua.

"Techno-Syndrome" from the first Mortal Kombat movie is not by KMFDM or 2 Unlimited. That was The Immortals.

Kirsty Maccoll never recorded the folk song known as "Tell Me Ma" or "Belle of Belfast City". The version commonly misattributed to her is by Sham Rock and the vocalist is Anne Barrett, who sounds nothing like her.

The 1991 song "Temptation" is not by Shannon or Lisa Stansfield. It's by One-Hit Wonder Corina.

"Tequila" (of Pee Wee fame) is not a Ritchie Valens song. It's by the Champs. Probably because it is a Spanish-titled song whose name sounds somewhat like "La Bamba"

Aphex Twin has never produced a Tetris remix. In general, he gets so many remixes or vaguely techno-sounding tracks attributed to him that Richard D. James once jokingly claimed his double album Drukqs consisted entirely of songs he downloaded from the internet that had been mislabeled as Aphex Twin. See also Glorious Subversion, below.

One particular song attributed to Aphex Twin has been labelled "outside (kick ass violin solo)". This is actually "To Forgive But Not Forget (Lim'chol V'lo Lishkoach)" by a band called Outside.

that ska version of the Tetris theme is not by The Toasters or Mr. Bungle. To make things even more confusing, there are several different ska versions of the theme; one's by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, the other is by Melting Pot.

"That's Not My Name" is not by Avril Lavigne, it just sounds like it. It's by the Ting Tings.

Which makes the title kind of ironic, now that you mention it.

This also makes one wonder how anyone could confuse the two, since they sound nothing alike and have completely different (and very noticeable) accents (Avril Lavigne is Canadian, the Ting Tings are British). Maybe someone just thought the rhythm sounded vaguely similar to Avril's "Girlfriend" though?

While Nat King Cole recorded a number of Christmas Songs, "This Time of Year" is not one of them. That one is actually by Brook Benton.

"Thor (The Thundergod)" is not by Sonata Arctica, but by obscure Swedish band Zonata. Their similar names, combined with the fact that Zonata never really hit it big as a band, are responsible for the confusion.

"A Thousand Miles" is by Vanessa Carlton, not Michelle Branch; and "Everywhere" is by Michelle, not Vanessa. Yes, people tend to get these two confused...

"Through it All" is not a Linkin Park song. It's by From Ashes To New. The rap/lead singer combo would already be enough to get any song labeled a Linkin Park song, but given they have soundalikes to both Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington, it makes it especially confusing.

When asked to name their favorite song by Gordon Lightfoot, a disturbing number of people will answer, "Time In a Bottle." That was Jim Croce.

Ticking In My Head (Got No Time)sounds like it might have been a song by The Police, but no: it's actually by Joe Jackson.

"Trebles" (the one that goes "trebles tatatatatata") is not by East West Rockers. It's by M Brother.

The song "Troublemaker" note Not the one by Weezer is not by Maroon 5. It's by Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida. It does bear a strong resemblance to Maroon 5's "Misery," so this is why people have been confusing it.

The song "True" (famously featured in Sixteen Candles, and later sampled by PM Dawn on "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss") is not by Tears For Fears. It's by Spandau Ballet. seriously. Roland Orzabal and Tony Hadley sound quite a bit alike, though.

The vocalist on the bootleg mashup "True Love Never Dies on the Airwaves" by Rank 1 was not Kylie Minogue, but Claire from The Steps. The original singer of "True Love Never Dies" was Donna Williams.

Marilyn Manson didn't put out a song titled "Uprising". That's actually Muse. If you're wondering how in the world anyone could make that mistake, the intros to "Uprising" and "The Beautiful People" are kinda similar.

"Vanna, Pick Me a Letter" is not by Cheech and Chong. It’s by Dr. Dave (apparently doing a Cheech Marin impression).

"Waking Up in Vegas" was not by Ke$ha either, it was by Katy Perry, a year before anyone heard of Ke$ha.

"Walking in Memphis" is not by Billy Joel. It's not by Michael McDonald either, nor is it by Bruce Springsteen or Michael Bolton. It's by Marc Cohn. Or Lonestar, depending on the version you're hearing.

"Walking on Sunshine" is not by The Pointer Sisters or Carly Simon. It's by Katrina & the Waves.

"Wardens" was written neither by Hat Films nor the Tin Box Boys. Alex "Smiffy" Smith, who was in both the gaming group and bluegrass band, simply recorded the song as a rough demo on his own.

"Warm Leatherette" is not by Throbbing Gristle. It's by The Normal, AKA Daniel Miller.

"The Warrior" is not by Heart, Pat Benatar, or Joan Jett. It's by Scandal (not to be confused with the Japanese Scandal).

Cannibal Corpse and GWAR never teamed up to make a song called "We Are Your Enemy"; the song was done by Dying Fetus, alone.

"We Are Young" is not by Queen or even Tracy Chapman; it's by fun., and was made 20 years after Freddie Mercury died. Same goes for "Some Nights" (not "What Do I Stand For"), and possibly the Some Nights album as a whole.

"We Built This City" is not by Journey, REO Speedwagon, or Air Supply. It's by Starship (yes, Jefferson Starship, though they recorded it after taking the "Jefferson" out of their title).

"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" is not by Michael Jackson, but by Jermaine Stewart, not to be confused with Jermaine Jackson, Michael's brother.

"Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City" are not by AC/DC. "Sweet Child o' Mine" is not by Aerosmith. "November Rain" is not by Jon Bon Jovi. Hasn't anyone heard ofGuns N' Roses???

The song "When The Lights Go Out" wasn't done by The Backstreet Boys or *NSYNC, it was done by British boy band Five.

"When The Rain Came Down" is not a duet between Kate Bush and Annie Lennox. It is by Happy Rhodes.

"When Will I See You Again" is the best Diana Ross and The Supremes song Diana and the gals never sang. It's actually by The Three Degrees.

Marilyn Manson & Rob Zombie never got together to make "When Worlds Collide". It's a song by Powerman 5000.

"Wherever You Will Go" is The Calling, not Creed. This was parodied on a MA Dtv sketch (see the "Higher"/"With Arms Wide Open" entry above).

Many think "Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay?", a parody of that band's "I Want It That Way", was done by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was actually done by the morning crew of a Portland, Oregon based radio station. Al was bothered by this misattribution to such an extent he later recorded his own legitimate parody of "I Want It That Way", "eBay", to help alleviate some of the confusion.

Neither Guns N' Roses nor Axl Rose covered "White Christmas".

* "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" is not by Grandmaster Flash, but by Melle Mel, a former member of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. It doesn't help that originally the record label, Sugar Hill Records, perpetuated the confusion by crediting the single to Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, despite Grandmaster Flash not being present on the song at all. That said, the Duran Duran cover of The song did feature guest appearances from both Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash.

"Wish You Were Here" (not the Pink Floyd one, or the Avril Lavigne one, or the Incubus one, this one's different) is by neither Within Temptation nor Nightwish. It's actually by the Swedish band Rednex, or Blackmore's Night.

Shockingly, that lounge-style cover of "Wonderwall" making the rounds isn't by Richard Cheese, but instead, the Mike Flowers Pops Orchestra. It actually came out around the same time as the original.

Edsel Dope does sound pretty similar to Manson, though. It doesn't help that both bands perform Industrial Metal.

Lasgo do not have a song titled "You'll Never See Me Again". That's "Cry for You" by September, which has no relation to Lasgo's similarly titled "Cry 4 You". The song is also commonly misattributed to Cascada.

Neither Everything But the Girl nor Dido sang "You're Not Alone" or "Miracle", those are by Olive.

"Your Loving Arms" (not "Put Your Loving Arms Around Me") is not by Amber, but by Billie Ray Martin.

"Zavedi" is not a t. A. T. u. song. That would be MakSim, then known as Maxi-M. (A more understandable mistake for fans outside Russia, since MakSim, while a pop star in her own right there, never really tried to pursue an international following.)

"Zwischen uns" is not by Rammstein, but by fellow Neue Deutsche Härte band Eisbrecher.

Glorious Subversions

"Girls" is not by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's by Tricky, though Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis and former guitarist John Frusciante appear uncredited on the track.

"Emotions In Motion" or "Stay The Night" are not by The Cars. They are solo recordings by the band's lead singers, Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr, respectively.

The songs "Blame It On The Boogie" and "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" are commonly attributed to Michael Jackson...who does sing on them, but they are by his band The Jacksons and not part of his solo work.

The remix of the Pacman theme that's often credited to Aphex Twin? It was released by Power Pill... seems like a case of this trope, right? Except that Power Pill is a pseudonym of Richard D. James— who's better known as Aphex Twin!

Paul Young's song "Everytime You Go Away" can easily be mistaken for a Hall & Oates song. However, Daryl Hall did write the song for Hall & Oates and their original version does appear on their album Voices. Hall & Oates never released their version as a single while Paul Young's cover was, causing Young's version to overshadow the original, while being occasionally misattributed to Hall & Oates.

Most people know "Dancing With Myself" as a Billy Idol song. This recording was originally released by Idol's band Generation X, making this seem like a case of Misattributed Song... but subverted in that Billy Idol was one of only two members of Gen X to have played on the actual song!

And indeed, a couple months after the release of Generation X's recording, Idol recorded his own solo version of the song as his first solo single.

"Careless Whisper" was never intended to be a Wham! song but was a solo recording by Wham! member George Michael. Andrew Ridgeley did not perform on the track (although Ridgeley co-wrote it). However, it was officially released (and reached # 1) in the USA as being by "Wham! featuring George Michael" because the record label said so, so anyone claiming the song was a Wham! song are technically sort of right in an odd, unfair way.

It's easy to think that "Music Sounds Better with You" by the one-off group Stardust is by Daft Punk. And for good reason, since Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter was part of the group.

Robin Gibb's track "Toys" has been credited to The Bee Gees.... which is technically correct. While sourced from Robin's solo album 'Walls Have Eyes,' the track was not only written by all three brothers, but features Maurice and Barry on backing vocals.

Robin's brother Andy has had nearly all of his songs misattributed to the Bee Gees as well.

"Emotion" is by Samantha Sang, but the Bee Gees wrote it, produced it, sang back-up, and eventually recorded their own version.

Similar confusion with Yvonne Elliman's hit version of "If I Can't Have You".

"Mexicali Blues", which appears on the The Grateful Dead's highly popular greatest hits album Skeletons from the Closet is actually a song from guitarist Bob Weir's solo album, Ace. That makes the previously obscure song's appearance on the compilation strange, right? Well, in actuality, almost every member of the Grateful Dead c. 1972 perform backup duties on every song on Ace, thereby making the song and album basically by the Grateful Dead!

"Caroline, No" is technically not a Beach Boys song: it was originally issued as a Brian Wilson solo single (no other Beach Boys appear on the single, but most of the group's regular backing session musicians do), and made the pop charts in 1966 properly credited to only him. However, after its single release, it appeared on the band's seminal Pet Sounds record (and the endless compilations released afterwards) credited to the band. Its come to the point where its now more often considered a Beach Boys song than a Wilson solo effort.

"Smooth" is not by Matchbox Twenty, but rather Santana featuring Matchbox Twenty lead singer Rob Thomas.

Rob Thomas has a VERY distinctive voice, so this would be a very easy mistake to make. Most people probably assumed Matchbox 20 was either trying something different, or had a guest guitarist for one song. Rob wasn't really known as a solo artist yet when that song came out. Additionally, Santana's guitar sound and style is one of the most iconic and recognizable in the world.

"American Girls" is not by Weezer, but by Homie - a short-lived side-project of Weezer's Rivers Cuomo. While mainly the work of Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, and a bunch of non-Weezer affiliated musicians, the rest of the Blue Album/Pinkerton era band made minor contributions to the studio recording: Pat Wilson played a short drum part that was looped throughout the song, and Brian Bell contributed backing vocals.

Neither "Life's Been Good" nor "Rocky Mountain Way" are by Eagles. They're both solo efforts by their guitarist and occasional lead singer Joe Walsh. ("Life's Been Good" does feature vocal and instrumental backing by the rest of the Eagles, however, and a live version was included on the Eagles Live album.)

"Together in Electric Dreams" is often credited to The Human League - in fact it's a collaboration between their lead singer Phil Oakey and composer-producer Giorgio Moroder. To be fair, though, the track is very strongly styled to sound like the group (female backing vocals and all), it does actually appear on their greatest hits album, and is regularly covered by them in concert... in effect it is a Human League song now, even if the original hit version wasn't.

"Bother" is another case of a song originally by a solo performer being absorbed into their band's catalog: It first appeared on the Spider-Man soundtrack credited solely to Corey Taylor, as he wrote and performed the song entirely by himself. However, the same version of the song was re-released on the Self-Titled Album by his band Stone Sour, and it was also released as a single under the Stone Sour name. It's also not uncommon for any of Stone Sour's songs to be misattributed to Taylor's more famous band.

"Battlesong" is sometimes credited to Gorillaz, when it's really by Deltron 3030. However, there's a reason the song sounds somewhat similar to early Gorillaz: Two of the main members of Deltron 3030 are Dan the Automator, who produced the self-titled Gorillaz album, and Del The Funky Homosapien, who appeared on the Gorillaz songs "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock The House" from Gorillaz. Actually, the strangest thing about this misattribution is that there are two Deltron 3030 songs that also feature Damon Albarn ("Time Keeps On Slippin'" and "What Is This Loneliness?"), so it would be a bit more logical to associate either of those songs with Gorillaz instead.

"It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" is popularly attributed to Jimmy Buffett, which is easy to understand since its his style of song and he does appear and sing on the song about halfway through. But it actually Alan Jackson's song... not that Jackson really minds if Buffett plays it at Parrothead concerts.

"Uptown Funk" is officially a Mark Ronson song, but almost everyone outside the UK, and especially in the U.S., associates it first and foremost, with Bruno Mars. Because Mars is a global pop superstar whereas Ronson is almost completely unknown outside his home country, plus the fact that it was sang entirely by Mars while Ronson only did production work, this misperception was inevitable.

As badly misattributed as "Uptown Funk" tends to be, it's nothing compared to "The Hanging Tree" from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. This song's official lead artist is film composer James Newton Howard who is almost completely obscure to the general public, whereas its featured vocalist is one of the most widely recognized personalities in the world. Even Billboard magazine themselves wrote an article about Jennifer Lawrence getting a top 40 hit and relegated James Newton Howard to a footnote (in contrast, they never tried to downplay Ronson to the same extent).

"Latch" is officially a song by Disclosure, but it only became a hit in the U.S. because its vocals were provided by the fast-rising Sam Smith. As a result, the duo remains quite obscure there despite the song's success, which is more attributed to Smith. The funny thing is, "Latch" isn't even their most well-known song in their native UK (that honor goes to "White Noise").

"Easy (Switch Screens)" is a song by Son Lux featuring Lorde on vocals. Search results show that from the listener's point of view, it is Lorde's song first and foremost. Aside from the obvious discrepancy in the two artists' fame and commercial success, this is not helped by the fact that it became a staple of her live performances.

Lorde did this again with the aforementioned Disclosure. Much like what happened to "Latch", "Magnets" is widely seen as Lorde's song rather than theirs. It was to the point where it actually got airplay on alternative radio (despite it being an EDM song) solely because of Lorde's vocals.

Calvin Harris is by no means obscure in the U.S., but his hit song "I Need Your Love" became a hit because it had Ellie Goulding on vocals. As such, it is viewed as being Goulding's song more than Harris's. It's associated with Goulding enough that it also appeared as a bonus track to her album Halcyon, though the track-listing on the back cover makes sure to credit the song to "Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding". The same is true with the next Harris/Goulding collaboration "Outside."

"In a Broken Dream" is usually credited to Rod Stewart, when in reality it's by the obscure Australian band Python Lee Jackson. Stewart recorded the lead vocals because the band's lead singer, Dave Bentley, didn't feel like singing it.

"Where Are Ü Now" isn't a song by Justin Bieber. It's a song from Jack Ü (an Electronic Music duo consisting of Skrillex and Diplo) with Bieber on vocals. It's so associated with Bieber that he actually put it on his album Purpose despite not being the lead. Several other songs that Bieber was the featured artist on, including "Let Me Love You" by DJ Snake and "Cold Water" by Major Lazer.

"Locked Away" is not by Maroon5. It is by little-known reggae duo R. City, although Adam Levine sings the chorus. The same confusion applies to "Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes.

"Go Alone" is not by Avenged Sevenfold. It's by little-known band Hell or Highwater, but M. Shadows does provide vocals.

"Hell Isn't Good" was not done by Metallica. That's DVDA you're hearing. It was eventually revealed that James Hetfield made an uncredited appearance on the song, however.

"The Neverending Story" (the theme to to the film) isn't by Kajagoogoo, it's a solo song by their lead singer Limahl. However after Limahl rejoined the band they added it to their live set due to popular demand. And the Pet Shop Boys did not cover it, that was DJ AC/DC (not to be confused with AC DC).

Similarly, "I'm Not Jesus" (sung by Corey Taylor) is neither by Slipknot nor Stone Sour, nor is "End of Me" (sung by Gavin Rossdale) by Bush, nor is "Not Strong Enough" (sung by Brent Smith and later re-recorded by Doug Robb) by Shinedown or Hoobastank.

"Tonight is the Night" was not produced by La Bouche. It was by Le Click featuring La Bouche vocalist Melanie Thornton, but it eventually appeared on La Bouche's Greatest Hits Album.

Mark De Gli Antoni's "Mermaid" circulates online as a Soul Coughing rarity, sometimes also mislabeled as "Tell The Mermaid": Mark De Gli Antoni was a member of Soul Coughing, contributing keyboards and Sampling, and it's one of several songs on his solo album Horse Tricks that are effectively performed by Soul Coughing minus vocalist/guitarist Mike Doughty. A further Soul Coughing connection is that the band would sometimes play the song as an "intro" to their live performances.

"Sex Drive" was not originally a Dead or Alive song, despite appearing on their Nukelopatra album; it was a collaboration between the Belgian Eurodance group Glam and DOA singer Pete Burns.

"Boatman" is not by VNV Nation, but by Mono Inc. featuring VNV frontman Ronan Harris.

Delerium did not cover Madonna's "Justify My Love", that was Front Line Assembly, which Delerium is a side project of, featuring Kristy Thirsk, a regular featured vocalist with the latter project.

A famous cover of "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" featuring Cass Elliott on lead vocals is often attributed to her group The Mamas & the Papas, but it was actually performed solo by Elliot. However, the song - regardless of it being a solo track - appeared on the band's final album, 1968's The Papas & The Mamas in addition to Elliot's solo debut album (released later that year) and many of the band's greatest hits records.

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